Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?

Hard to say about the costs. We won't know that under we finish getting
quotes on insurance and such but we'll keep it reasonable. Yes, we plan
to hangar it on the field and launch from our home runway.

Helen

Bill Hobson wrote:
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> Helen: All good points. What do you expect the Searey will command as
> far as an hourly rate goes and do you feel that it can be used from
> your land-based operation? Thanks.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Helen Woods <mailto:Helen_Woods@verizon.net>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:28 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer
> Aircraft?
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> 1. When they crash, they shatter. (By comparison, we had a student
> cartwheel a Tecnam down the runway and the only thing that broke
> off was
> the gear. Student walked away without a scratch.)
> 2. Even a little bit of damage is expensive and time consuming to
> fix.
> (A wing ding cost several thousand to fix.)
> 3. There is no A&P in the entire state of Maryland willing and
> capable
> of doing composite structural work on an LSA.
>
> We have three composite planes all of which have required composite
> work, all which we've had to ship out of state, all of which were
> down
> for approximately a year during repairs, all of which cost a small
> fortune to repair. Composite LSAs are not suitable in my opinion for
> primary training for these reasons. By contrast, on our metal
> Tecnams,
> even the worst bang ups (excluding the aforementioned cartwheel which
> was totaled by the insurance company) are fixed in a matter of days.
>
> That being said, we're putting a composite hulled SeaRey on the
> line. I
> think composites are fine for rated and proficient pilots and
> especially
> seaplanes, just not primary training.
>
> Helen
>
> dongeneda2000 wrote:
> > And you consider that to be a BAD thing because?
> >
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